Matsutarō Kawaguchi Movies

Another adaptation of Tange Sazen.

1962 Japanese movie. Remake of the 1939 movie

In 19th century Japan, a young swordsmith is determined to make the best sword possible after an inferior one he made indirectly led to the death of...

A young scriptwriter with a yakuza upbringing, an iron-fire dancer, a young painter, and a pure-hearted downtown girl fall in love in Asakusa in this...

Young Sentaro struggles to avenge the murder of his younger sister Osuga and their father.

A young samurai learns that he is the illegitimate son of the Shogun. Hoping to reunite with his birth father, he travels to Edo to find Shogun...

A story of a servant girl whose life is upturned by her doomed love for a spineless young man.

1962 Japanese movie

With plenty of action, and a strong story about the growth and development of an expert swordsman, who just happens to be from an extremely...

A story of aristocratic star-crossed love.

Hikaru Genji, the haunted romantic hero of Lady Murasaki Shikibu’s “Genji Monogatari” (Tale of Genji) comes to life in this new...

The second film in the 20 Duels of Young Shingo trilogy directed by Sadatsugu Matsuda.

Two sisters, Kyoko and Hisako, run a restaurant in Kyoto. But an incident with the latter's fiancé puts their relationship, and the future of...